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Oligopolistic equilibrium and financial constraints
In this paper we present a model of oligopoly and financial constraints. We study allocations which are bankruptcy-free (BF) in the sense that no firm can drive another firm to bankruptcy without becoming bankrupt. We show how such allocations can be sustained as an equilibrium of a dynamic game. When there are two firms, all equilibria yield BF allocations. When there are more than two firms, allocations other than BF can be sustained as equilibria but in some cases the set of BF allocations still useful in explaining the shape of equilibrium set.
Scene-based nonuniformity correction with video sequences and registration
We describe a new, to our knowledge, scene-based nonuniformity correction algorithm for array detectors. The algorithm relies on the ability to register a sequence of observed frames in the presence of the fixed-pattern noise caused by pixel-to-pixel nonuniformity. In low-to-moderate levels of nonuniformity, sufficiently accurate registration may be possible with standard scene-based registration techniques. If the registration is accurate, and motion exists between the frames, then groups of independent detectors can be identified that observe the same irradiance (or true scene value). These detector outputs are averaged to generate estimates of the true scene values. With these scene estimates, and the corresponding observed values through a given detector, a curve-fitting procedure is used to estimate the individual detector response parameters. These can then be used to correct for detector nonuniformity. The strength of the algorithm lies in its simplicity and low computational complexity. Experimental results, to illustrate the performance of the algorithm, include the use of visible-range imagery with simulated nonuniformity and infrared imagery with real nonuniformity
Multi-critical point in a diluted bilayer Heisenberg quantum antiferromagnet
The S=1/2 Heisenberg bilayer antiferromagnet with randomly removed
inter-layer dimers is studied using quantum Monte Carlo simulations. A
zero-temperature multi-critical point (p*,g*) at the classical percolation
density p=p* and inter-layer coupling g* approximately 0.16 is demonstrated.
The quantum critical exponents of the percolating cluster are determined using
finite-size scaling. It is argued that the associated finite-temperature
quantum critical regime extends to zero inter-layer coupling and could be
relevant for antiferromagnetic cuprates doped with non-magnetic impurities.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures. v2: only minor changes; accepted for publication
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Statistical algorithm for nonuniformity correction in focal-plane arrays
A statistical algorithm has been developed to compensate for the fixed-pattern noise associated with spatial nonuniformity and temporal drift in the response of focal-plane array infrared imaging systems. The algorithm uses initial scene data to generate initial estimates of the gain, the offset, and the variance of the additive electronic noise of each detector element. The algorithm then updates these parameters by use of subsequent frames and uses the updated parameters to restore the true image by use of a least-mean-square error finite-impulse-response filter. The algorithm is applied to infrared data, and the restored images compare favorably with those restored by use of a multiple-point calibration technique
Field Induced Multiple Reentrant Quantum Phase Transitions in Randomly Dimerized Antiferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg Chains
The multiple reentrant quantum phase transitions in the
antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains with random bond alternation in the
magnetic field are investigated by the density matrix renormalization group
method combined with the interchain mean field approximation. It is assumed
that the odd-th bond is antiferromagnetic with strength and even-th bond
can take the values {\JS} and {\JW} ({\JS} > J > {\JW} > 0) randomly
with probability and , respectively. The pure version ( and
) of this model has a spin gap but exhibits a field induced
antiferromagnetism in the presence of interchain coupling if Zeeman energy due
to the magnetic field exceeds the spin gap. For , the
antiferromagnetism is induced by randomness at small field region where the
ground state is disordered due to the spin gap in the pure case. At the same
time, this model exhibits randomness induced plateaus at several values of
magnetization. The antiferromagnetism is destroyed on the plateaus. As a
consequence, we find a series of reentrant quantum phase transitions between
the transverse antiferromagnetic phases and disordered plateau phases with the
increase of the magnetic field for moderate strength of interchain coupling.
Above the main plateaus, the magnetization curve consists of a series of small
plateaus and the jumps between them, It is also found that the
antiferromagnetism is induced by infinitesimal interchain coupling at the jumps
between the small plateaus. We conclude that this antiferromagnetism is
supported by the mixing of low lying excited states by the staggered interchain
mean field even though the spin correlation function is short ranged in the
ground state of each chain.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figure
Spontaneous alloying in binary metal microclusters - A molecular dynamics study -
Microcanonical molecular dynamics study of the spontaneous alloying(SA),
which is a manifestation of fast atomic diffusion in a nano-sized metal
cluster, is done in terms of a simple two dimensional binary Morse model.
Important features observed by Yasuda and Mori are well reproduced in our
simulation. The temperature dependence and size dependence of the SA phenomena
are extensively explored by examining long time dynamics. The dominant role of
negative heat of solution in completing the SA is also discussed. We point out
that a presence of melting surface induces the diffusion of core atoms even if
they are solid-like. In other words, the {\it surface melting} at substantially
low temperature plays a key role in attaining the SA.Comment: 15 pages, 12 fgures, Submitted to Phys.Rev.
D6 Family Symmetry and Cold Dark Matter at LHC
We consider a non-supersymmetric extension of the standard model with a
family symmetry based on D6 Z2 Z2, where one of Z2's is exactly conserved. This
Z2 forbids the tree-level neutrino masses and simultaneously ensures the
stability of cold dark matter candidates. From the assumption that cold dark
matter is fermionic we can single out the D6 singlet right-handed neutrino as
the best cold dark mater candidate. We find that an inert charged Higgs with a
mass between 300 and 750 GeV decays mostly into an electron (or a positron)
with a large missing energy, where the missing energy is carried away by the
cold dark matter candidate. This will be a clean signal at LHC.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figure
Classical Correlation-Length Exponent in Non-Universal Quantum Phase Transition of Diluted Heisenberg Antiferromagnet
Critical behavior of the quantum phase transition of a site-diluted
Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a square lattice is investigated by means of the
quantum Monte Carlo simulation with the continuous-imaginary-time loop
algorithm. Although the staggered spin correlation function decays in a power
law with the exponent definitely depending on the spin size , the
correlation-length exponent is classical, i.e., . This implies that
the length scale characterizing the non-universal quantum phase transition is
nothing but the mean size of connected spin clusters.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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